A randomized multicenter trial comparing the XIENCE everolimus eluting stent with the CYPHER sirolimus eluting stent in the treatment of female patients with de novo coronary artery lesions: The SPIRIT WOMEN study.

The comparative performance of different drug-eluting stents (DES) among female patients has not been assessed in a randomized manner.The SPIRIT Women Clinical Evaluation trial compared the durable polymer everolimus-eluting XIENCE stent (DP-EES) with the durable polymer sirolimus-eluting Cypher ste...

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Main Authors: Anna Franzone, Serge Zaugg, Raffaele Piccolo, Maria Grazia Modena, Ghada W Mikhail, Josepa Mauri Ferré, Ruth Strasser, Liliana Grinfeld, Dik Heg, Peter Jüni, Stephan Windecker, Marie-Claude Morice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5552121?pdf=render